Language Maintenance and Shift of a Group: The Case of Mid-Mountain Hakka in Hakka-Chaoshan Adjoining Areas

Previous studies have discussed the impact of social context on language maintenance and shift of Chinese fangyan in metropolises, but not enough in rural areas. To explore the language maintenance and shift of the Hakka fangyan among Mid-mountain Hakka (MMH), a sub-branch of the Hakka people who li...

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Main Authors: Chun-an Qiu, Zhouzan Qiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2022-10-01
Series:SAGE Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440221132521